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Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
Celebrities have both legitimately and illegitimately appeared in promotions for erectile dysfunction (ED) treatments: historical, paid celebrity spokespeople like Bob Dole illustrate genuine endorsem...
Public figures from across the political spectrum publicly condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk and offered condolences, while a smaller but highly publicized set of individuals — including som...
Opponents of Proposition 50 coalesce around a few core claims: that the measure would strip California’s voter-approved independent redistricting commission and put the State Legislature in charge of ...
Several lawmakers, advocacy groups and public figures publicly criticized Charlie Kirk’s past comments on executions and other controversial statements in the wake of his killing, while others focused...
Public reporting in 2025 points to a small group of individual Substack newsletters that dominated on raw paid-subscriber metrics, but there is no single, verifiable public ledger; Substack itself did...
California has repeatedly pursued single‑payer or unified‑financing health reforms: a statewide initiative (Proposition 186) lost in 1994 with about 27% support , multiple legislative bills advanced i...
Proposition 50 pits California lawmakers and allied civic groups, who say the measure restores accountability and fights election interference, against a broad coalition including redistricting reform...
Proposition 50 is officially endorsed by the California Democratic Party and a coalition led by Governor Gavin Newsom, with high-profile backers including former President Barack Obama and several Dem...
California Proposition 50, as debated in September 2025, is described in some reporting and in a summary entry as a measure that would authorize a *temporary* change to how congressional maps are set,...
The California State Lottery was authorized by voters via Proposition 37 on November 6, 1984, and the governor in office at that time was George Deukmejian (who served as California’s governor from 19...
Gavin Newsom’s cumulative pardon totals while governor have risen from 144 pardons in mid‑2023 to figures reported as 181 (March 2024), 205 (Nov. 2024), 224 (Apr. 2025) and 247 by Aug. 29, 2025, with ...
California’s November 4, 2025 redistricting vote centers on , a temporary replacement of the Citizens Redistricting Commission’s congressional maps with legislatively drawn maps to be used through 203...
Major newspapers largely do not appear to have taken a unified, high-profile stance on California Proposition 50; the clearest editorial endorsement cited in the available material is from a McClatchy...
California Proposition 50 shows a clear split between advocacy groups and individual lawmakers in public records from the measure’s campaign, with such as Ballotpedia and the Official Voter Informatio...
Proposition 50 would authorize a temporary change to California’s congressional district maps as a direct response to partisan redistricting actions in Texas, promising to protect voting influence whi...
Governor Gavin Newsom is a prominent public supporter of Proposition 50, pitched by its backers as a fix to alleged "election rigging"; opponents say the measure would undermine the independent redist...
California’s Proposition 50 is presented in the available reporting as a contested ballot measure that would change how Congressional maps are drawn, prompting accusations it is a that risks fracturin...
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission (CCRC), created by a 2008 ballot measure, significantly altered who draws legislative maps in California by removing that power from lawmakers and plac...